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Imagine expanding the life of electronic devices while incorporating blockchain traceability technology capable of creating 1 job for every 300 items reused. Now imagine ensuring a 95 recycling rate and transforming a cost for municipalities into revenue that stays in the community.

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Covanta Holding Corporation has commenced construction of its first Total Ash Processing System in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, adjacent to its existing metals processing facility.

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Carpet manufacturers and civil society join voices to make the carpet industry go circular, and urge the European Commission and Member States to adopt mandatory rules to push the whole sector in this direction. Launched by Zero Waste Europe, the call to action is supported by DSM-Niaga, Interface and Tarkett.

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https://zerowasteeurope.eu/2018/12/carpet-producers-support-mandatory-action-to-make-the-sector-go-circular/?mc_cid=e13be69937&mc_eid=04e6bfdc31

Medida vale a partir de fevereiro, segundo a companhia responsável pelos serviços. Mudança gera dúvidas e reclamações entre moradores da cidade veja preços por faixa de consumo.

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Eni, has taken the first step in toward building industrial-scale plants to produce bio-oil from MSW as operations begin at a pilot plant located at the existing Gela refinery.

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Today in the US, over 60 billion pounds of vegetable scraps go to the landfill. Currently, 5 is made into compost. This means 95 is creating methane gas as it breaks down in the landfill.

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http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/manateeco/2019/01/16/compost-happens-dont-over-think-it/

There’s little doubt that electric vehicles are the future and hydrogen fuel cells offer great advantages. Unfortunately, hydrogen is costly to produce and transport. PowerHouse Energy believes the answer is a distributed waste to hydrogen network.

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However, reduction targets missing and collection targets delayed, campaigners warn

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https://zerowasteeurope.eu/2018/12/eu-agrees-unprecedented-cuts-to-single-use-plastics/?mc_cid=e13be69937&mc_eid=04e6bfdc31

A year ago, China upended the market for plastics, paper and other recycled products by curtailing purchases of a lot of discarded American material. Prices dropped and recyclers looked for new buyers. Some consumers got the message that they shouldn‘t bother to keep recycling paper, plastics, aluminum, glass and other materials.

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https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2019/01/18/waste-management-republic-services-see-big-drop-recycling-revenue-china/2580528002/

A new report from the Innovationsfonden public fund and consultants McKinsey presented at UN City yesterday reveals that there are substantial dividends to be had from a more systematic recycling of plastic.

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http://cphpost.dk/news/theres-a-lot-of-money-to-be-made-from-better-plastic-recycling.html